The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a survey to obtain information from hospita
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August 26 · Issue #574 · View online
Providing you with the latest health care headlines almost daily. Carefully crafted by Shawn Rossi. Questions? Email srossi@mhanet.org.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a survey to obtain information from hospitals and health systems regarding their experience with health plan utilization management programs and network adequacy issues. The AHA intends to use this information to support its federal advocacy efforts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Congress. A hospital-specific link to the survey was emailed to hospitals from AHA Survey Support with a request to complete it by Aug. 30. For more information, email surveysupport@aha.org.
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[MHA Webinar] Four-Part Series: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation 2019
The annual favorite is back in a four-part format to review recent changes in each section of the Critical Access Hospital CMS Conditions of Participation manual.
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MHA Medicaid reform plan in spotlight post-debate
Mississippi Cares has been at the center of debate ahead of the Republican primary runoff for governor.
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Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Names Myron S. McCoo, Vice President, Human Resources
Mr. McCoo comes to Memorial with more than 20 years of Human Resources experience, most recently as the Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN, and Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Diversity Officer at UC Health-Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Dr. Edward Smith joins Rush Health Systems
Rush Health Systems has welcomed Edward Smith, MD, Fellowship Trained Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon.
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Doctors perform medical 'first' during facial tumor surgery
Oral maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Ignacio Velasco Martinez and representatives from the nerve regeneration and repair company Axogen say they have completed a first in medical literature: successfully reconnecting the two cut ends of a nerve in patient Violet Thompson’s face with an allograft. The procedure was done during a surgery to remove a benign but disfiguring tumor.
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Primary voters make final choice: Reeves or Waller?
The inevitable versus the upstart, the policy pragmatist versus the political purist – primary voters decide at last.
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Hood wants 3 debates in Mississippi governor’s race
The Democratic nominee for Mississippi governor said Thursday that no matter who wins the Republican nomination next week, he wants to debate that person three times before the general election.
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Mississippi gubernatorial candidate not going for 'nice guy'
Republican Tate Reeves was a 29-year-old banker and political novice when he won his first statewide office in Mississippi in 2003.
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Reeves and Waller debate for the soul of the MS Republican Party
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves and Bill Waller Jr. debated in roundtable format on WJTV prior to the August 27 runoff election that will determine which of these individuals will represent the Republican Party on the Gubernatorial ticket in November.
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Waller's unwillingness to cast blame may be second guessed if he comes up short in Tuesday's runoff
The former chief justice of the state Supreme Court has argued that changes in policies are needed, but he has been reluctant to say directly that his opponent, lieutenant governor Tate Reeves, bears some responsibility for current issues in Mississippi
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OPINION: Medicaid expansion - The Northside Sun
Richard Roberson minces no words when he hears people argue that there’s no reason to expand Medicaid to the working poor since they can already get free medical care at hospital emergency rooms if they can’t afford to pay for it.
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Medicare Advantage is booming but not producing savings, report finds
Medicare Advantage is not producing any savings but spends between 2% and 5.5% more than traditional Medicare, a report in Health Affairs finds. |
HHS proposes changes to the disclosure of SUD treatment records
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released a proposed rule that would amend federal regulations regarding disclosure of patient information for individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders.
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HRSA seeks input on measuring health care access in rural communities
The Health Resources and Services Administration seeks input through Oct. 9 on how best to conceptualize and measure access to health care in rural communities as the Department of Health and Human Services’ Rural Health Task Force considers policy changes to meet their needs.
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CMS to update hospital validation survey processes
CMS is seeking to simplify the process for validating hospital accreditation surveys, according to an Aug. 22 blog post from The Joint Commission.
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What’s Behind the Persistent Shortage of Lifesaving EpiPens
Mylan NV and Pfizer Inc. are still struggling with manufacturing issues for the EpiPen anti-allergy injector as the critical back-to-school season gets underway and a rival generic product hits the market.
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Online tool helps health systems gauge their digital health readiness
Learn where your health system’s gaps exist in the effort to modernize IT.
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Senate battleground Dems shun 'Medicare for All'
Republican strategists are already working relentlessly to tie vulnerable Democratic incumbents to “Medicare for All.”
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Survey finds alarming number of healthcare workers have not had cybersecurity training
Despite the increasing cyberthreats, nearly a third of healthcare employees (32%) said that they had never received cybersecurity training from their workplace but think they should have, according to a Kaspersky report.
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CMS to use current methodology to update hospital star ratings in 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to update the overall hospital quality star ratings at Hospital Compare in early 2020, but wait until 2021 to update the star ratings methodology, the agency announced today.
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